Fucking great film, Kathy Bates as an absolute nutter is a delight to watch.

You lucky guy! What an amazing film, I remember when it came out and being blown away. Proper claustrophobic, hardly any players- they could (and did) make a stage play out of it. Caan is also amazing in it, innit?

I absolutely loved this from start to finish. I had a big cheesy grin on my face for the majority. I'm struggling to think of any elements I didn't like about it. Keaton's Vulture is the best Marvel villain since Hiddlestone's Loki. The supporting cast are great, especially Peter Parker's best mate.

Toby Maguire was a decent Parker and a terrible Spider Man. Garfield was a poor Parker but a decent Spider Man. Tom Holland IS both Peter Parker AND Spider Man. He literally IS him. Perfection.

I loved the way they fleshed out Keaton's character and gave him real motivation and purpose. All the little tie-ins with previous MCU films are great. This is the best example of Marvel paying close attention to detail and cherry-picking things that really work and incorporating them into the film.

This is the perfect Marvel film. Straight into the top tier of comic book films and easily the best Spider Man film. It's really funny as well. As far as Super Hero films go this is as good as it gets imo.

Yeah I watched that a few months back. Looked pretty shit but was pleasantly surprised. Wasn't sure what to make of Patrick Stewart; I couldn't really deal with him playing that character. Too many preconceptions in my head from everything else he's done.

I absolutely loved this from start to finish. I had a big cheesy grin on my face for the majority. I'm struggling to think of any elements I didn't like about it. Keaton's Vulture is the best Marvel villain since Hiddlestone's Loki. The supporting cast are great, especially Peter Parker's best mate.

Toby Maguire was a decent Parker and a terrible Spider Man. Garfield was a poor Parker but a decent Spider Man. Tom Holland IS both Peter Parker AND Spider Man. He literally IS him. Perfection.

I loved the way they fleshed out Keaton's character and gave him real motivation and purpose. All the little tie-ins with previous MCU films are great. This is the best example of Marvel paying close attention to detail and cherry-picking things that really work and incorporating them into the film.

This is the perfect Marvel film. Straight into the top tier of comic book films and easily the best Spider Man film. It's really funny as well. As far as Super Hero films go this is as good as it gets imo.

Saw this with daughter yesterday, we both felt the same as the above, great fun. You get the sense that as with RD Junior, TH is basically playing himself, that's what he's like.

I also caught The Driver at the weekend. Pretty basic and I can see why it didn't do well at the time and was later a cult success, someone described it as possibly only for noir fans. Dunno about that but it was good. I'd also guess the annoyingly difficult introductory level for Driver on the psx was probably a homage to it.

watched Blade Runner for the millionth time last night. not sure i'd ever seen the 'final cut' before though. it was amazing, and visually just a treat on blu ray. definitely one of the best films ever made. really, really hope the sequel isn't bilge

Saw this with daughter yesterday, we both felt the same as the above, great fun. You get the sense that as with RD Junior, TH is basically playing himself, that's what he's like.

Good stuff. I don't think you can expect much more from Marvel film tbh. They nailed it.

War For The Planet of the Apes - 8.5/10

This completes a solid trilogy. Possibly the best of the lot. Not quite the war film the title suggests but there are big battles/action set pieces.

It's more of an 'epic journey' movie and much of the film is Caesar and his gang traveling from point A to point B. It does drag a little bit at times but it slowly gathers momentum and has a great finale. 'Bad Ape' providing the levity is a great touch and a really likeable character. Woody Harrelson felt a little underwritten but its not a major problem. This movie quite rightly focuses on the apes, much more so than the previous two films.

The CGI/motion capture is jaw-dropping. It is absolutely spot on. I can scarcely believe that they didn't use real monkeys/jungles. Just breath taking. It's not often you watch a film these days and ask yourself how the hell they made it. Serkis and co deserve awards recognition for this. An Oscar nomination would be thoroughly deserved.

gavinxwatched Blade Runner for the millionth time last night. not sure i'd ever seen the 'final cut' before though. it was amazing, and visually just a treat on blu ray. definitely one of the best films ever made. really, really hope the sequel isn't bilge

Aye that and 2001 were the first things I got when I bought a HD telly and bluray.

watched 'blue jasmine' at the weekend after a tip from a friend. my first ever woody allen film and it was fantastic, cate blanchett is absolutely amazing. great story, great acting, big big thumbs up from me, cant recommend enough

Fucking great film, Kathy Bates as an absolute nutter is a delight to watch.

You lucky guy! What an amazing film, I remember when it came out and being blown away. Proper claustrophobic, hardly any players- they could (and did) make a stage play out of it. Caan is also amazing in it, innit?

That scene where he finds the cuttings chills the blood

Yup. Absolute classic horror. I love how gradually things get dark, but how extremely dark things eventually get.

Hacksaw Ridge 0/5. Actually tried really hard to stick with it to get to the war bit, but it was so insufferably bad we had to turn it off around when he was thrown in jail. I love shit films, but this was a whole other level of mawkish, cliche ridden nonsense. Actually fucking dreadful, worst film I can remember watching in years.

The Equaliser. Fucking love this, properly shit/funny. Watched it a couple of times now and the bit where he uses a drill to kill someone, in a series of ever more unnecessary killings was hilarious both times.

John Wick 2. Not as good as the first one, but still decent. Another shit/funny one, got a bit tedious towards the end.

Couldn't even make it through Hacksaw Ridge but 'loved' the equaliser?

You should've stuck with Ridge. The, as you described, 'mawkishness' of the first hour or so is to create stark contrast between the real world/Doss's personality and the world of war. Or at least that's how I read it. Tbh I'm dreading watching it back because I've seen a lot of critique that echoes what you've said. I do remember sitting in the cinema and thinking the whole boot camp section was 'too nice'. It all made sense as a whole though imo.

As I said, The Equaliser is hilarious, because it's shit but ridiculous and clearly knows it's ridiculous. Hacksaw Ridge I just couldn't watch, and I tried to make it through but I suspect that even if it suddenly switched up as I knew was on the cards, it would hardly turn into Band Of Brothers.

Val Kilmer plays Doors front man Jim Morrison and does a sterling job. This film is actually the perfect metaphor for Val Kilmer's career; Starts off as kind of a big deal before making some bad choices, ending up a bloated mess and dying a premature death.

The Doors are a band who I've always felt that you probably need to know the context in which they existed to properly 'get' them. That's exactly what this film proved to me. Great band who seemed to define that era.

I was impressed with the level of production although it was about half hour too long. I haven't seen many Oliver Stone films but this intrigues me to see more. I've not seen JFK or Platoon so will probably go for those.

The Warriors - 7.5/10

Come out to plaaaaaay...

A very retro, behind enemy lines, film that plays out almost like a chase movie. The fashion, the gangs, the violence... I digged it all.

It was also like playing a game of spot the sample. It is clearly a very influential film.

Best dnb tunes to sample this?

Also re-watched the Sam Raimi Spiderman 2 with Dr Octopus, just to see if it's as good as everyone remembers...

It isn't. Toby Maguire is shit. A lot of the dialogue is a bit shit. Spider Mans character arc is a bit shit. It's all just very camp and goofy. The years have not been kind.